Highland Splash overpowers Waves to stay perfect at 7-0

Highland Splash swimmer Taryn Stephens, a 13-year-old shown swimming the butterfly, captured first place in all three of her individual events after winning the girls 13-14 100-meter breaststroke, 100-meter individual medley and 50-meter butterfly in the Splash’s lopsided win over the host Westhaven Waves Thursday in Belleville. Daniel Fussnerdfussner@bnd.com

Highland Splash swimmer Taryn Stephens, a 13-year-old shown swimming the butterfly, captured first place in all three of her individual events after winning the girls 13-14 100-meter breaststroke, 100-meter individual medley and 50-meter butterfly in the Splash’s lopsided win over the host Westhaven Waves Thursday in Belleville. Daniel Fussnerdfussner@bnd.com

The Highland Splash captured first place in 48 of the 61 total events to overpower the host Westhaven Waves 387 to 129 in Belleville and stay undefeated at 7-0.

After sweeping all four of the opening medley relays, Highland, which is coached by Ryan Poss, Alex Rinderer and Madi Walter, conquered eight of the 10 in each of the freestyle and breaststroke events before going on to claim six of the eight individual medleys, eight of the 10 backstroke competitions, seven of the 10 butterfly races, then closing it out by taking seven of the 10 freestyle relays.

Taryn Stephens, 13, was the only Splash swimmer to win all three of her individual events as she bested all of her competitors in the girls 13-14 age division. She touched the wall first in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:24.83), 100-meter individual medley (1:47.25) and 50-meter butterfly (47.22).

Highland also featured 12 other swimmers win first place in two of their individual events. The dozen two-time winners were:

Following are the results of all of the point scorers for the Splash in their lopsided road win at the Westhaven Waves on July 6 in Belleville:

Highland Splash, 387

Westhaven Waves, 129

July 6 at Westhaven Waves in Belleville

Following are the complete results of the Highland Splash’s individual point scorers, as well the relay teams who placed in the top two in each event for the Highland Splash against the Westhaven Waves in Belleville.

(Events at this meet were competed in meters. There are three swimmers in total from both teams combined who score in each individual event, so one team is allowed to score its top two swimmers in any one individual event. Each team is guaranteed to score at least one point in each and every individual event, even if that swimmer is not in the top three finishing positions. This does not include the meet-opening medley relays or the meet-ending freestyle relays, in which only the winning relay team scores seven points.)

Medley Relays

(Listed first is the team’s placement in the relay event. That is followed by each swimmer’s name with their age and stroke listed in parenthesis and the team’s time at the end.)